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CfA from Hong Kong: digital methods & social development
by Jack Qiu 02 May '16

02 May '16

Dear all, See below if you are interested in joining us in Hong Kong from Aug 21-27, this summer. The application deadline is May 21, 2016. We welcome applicants from all fields and all countries, especially if you have some prior experience using digital methods and/or working with civil society organizations or social development agencies. Enrollment is free. For admitted applicants, there will be a limited number of travel subsidies and we will provide on-campus accommodation (twin rooms). Please feel free to spread the word. Thanks and best, Co-conveners: Jack Linchuan Qiu (CUHK) Richard Rogers (U of Amsterdam) ========= Call for Applications: The Inaugural CUHK Research Summit: Digital Methods & Social Development Time: 21 - 27 August 2016 Place: C-Centre (Centre for Chinese Media & Comparative Communication Research), School of Journalism and Communication, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong Map of Location: http://ow.ly/4nj3Wu Event flyer: http://ow.ly/4nja8y // About the Summit How can digital methods benefit not only academia but also society at large? How does one select, develop, and use the most appropriate digital research tools to tackle real-world issues in a week – such as an election, an environmental campaign, labor advocacy, and data challenges facing a social enterprise? How do the world’s leading scholars evaluate the state of digital methods globally? How do they think about the future directions of this burgeoning field beyond a Eurocentric Internet, beyond the norms of liberal democracies? >From 21-27 August 2016, the School of Journalism and Communication will host the Inaugural CUHK Research Summit on “Digital Methods & Social Development” at its C-Centre (Centre for Chinese Media & Comparative Communication Research, http://c-centre.com.cuhk.edu.hk/) The Summit builds on the format and pedagogical traditions of the Digital Methods Summer School established since 2007 at the University of Amsterdam (digitalmethods.net) while aspiring to extend it to reflect the social needs in Hong Kong, China, Asia, and the Global South. The planned activities will include (a) a high-level public event on August 21 consisting of keynote speeches and open discussions, and (b) a six-day training program during August 22-27 for advanced PhD students and early career researchers. We welcome applicants from Hong Kong, Asia, and other parts of the world. From this pool, we will select twenty trainees from diverse cultural, methodological & disciplinary backgrounds, to conduct group work with help from experienced trainers throughout the week. Speakers and trainers will come from around the world. The content to be covered include social media analysis, network analysis, data visualization, Big Data, and related research topics. Emphasis will be placed on innovative thinking, the mastery of research tools, the matching between analytical strategies and theoretical / practical questions posed by subject experts, especially in the contexts of Chinese- & Asian-language cyberspaces. // About the Chinese University of Hong Kong A leading research university with global reputation, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is advancing the frontiers of knowledge and technology during our digital age. CUHK excels in the preservation, creation, application, and dissemination of knowledge through teaching, research, and public service in a comprehensive range of disciplines, thereby serving the needs and enhancing the well-being of citizens in Hong Kong, China as a whole, and the wider world community. // About C-Centre of the School of Journalism and Communication A key hub of intellectual exchange, the C-Centre (the Centre for Chinese Media and Comparative Communication Research) contributes to the studies of media and communication by conducting frontline research in Greater China and facilitating comparative scholarship globally. // Keynote Speakers (for the August 21 public event) Michael Best (Director and Professor, Institute on Computing and Society, United Nations University) Wenhong Chen (Assistant Professor, Department of Radio-TV-Film, University of Texas at Austin) Melissa Gregg (Co-director, Intel Science and Technology Center for Social Computing) Isaac Mao (Director, Social Brain Foundation; Co-Founder, Berry Labs) Richard Rogers (Professor of New Media and Digital Culture, University of Amsterdam) // Training Program (from August 22-27) The participants will be divided into four groups, and each will focus on one project during a week-long training program led by professional trainers. The major aim of the projects is to analyze the digital data provided or requested by four social organizations with very different nature. The following is an initial description of each group’s project: 1) Environmental initiative – Participants will examine the Des Voeux Road Central Initiative (DVRC, http://www.dvrc.hk/) an on-going project of the Hong Kong Clean Air Network. The aim is to create a pedestrian and tram precinct in Hong Kong’s central business district, while promoting sustainable lifestyle and reducing air pollution. (2) Labor advocacy – This team will focus on the UNIQLO campaign launched by Students and Scholars against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM, http://sacom.hk/) a key NGO in Hong Kong engaging in international labor activism. Using a combination of social media channels to raise public awareness, the campaign targets the largest Japanese fast-fashion company whose subcontractors abused Chinese textile workers. (3) Social enterprise – Participants in this group will analyze music data provided by Aivvy (http://www.aivvy.com/) a tech startup that boasts the world’s first smart music technology platform. More than a consumer electronics company, Aivvy aims to foster social good by connecting less well-known musicians with potential listeners using innovative device and algorithms. (4) Politics and democracy – The 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Election will take place on September 4. Several of Hong Kong’s most experienced public opinion researchers will conduct a new project covering the election. This group of participants will study Facebook profiles of the candidates and citizens’ online discussion in ways that shall inform the election study from new, social media angles. Prior to joining the Summit, we will send learning materials (e.g., readings, videos, software) to admitted participants, who are supposed to go through the materials and start to get familiarized with the analytical tools and methodological issues. In the morning of Aug 22 Monday, we will hear presentations by experts from each of the four social organizations mentioned above with regard to the project context, major questions at stake, the most relevant data, and the research needs on the ground. Then for the following five days (August 22-27), participants need to work with trainers to decide on their analytical strategies, complete data analysis, and prepare for public presentation in the afternoon of Aug 27 Saturday. During the Saturday afternoon session, experts from the social organizations will be invited back to hear group presentations and provide assessments along with members of the general public. // Applications & Logistics Advanced PhD students and young faculty members in all disciplines are welcome to apply by emailing to Ms. Mandy Chan at the C-Centre ( c-centre(a)cuhk.edu.hk) a PDF file consisting of: (1) a one-page letter explaining how training on digital methods and social development would benefit your current work, (2) your CV, (3) a copy of your passport (details page only), (4) a headshot photo, and (5) a 100-word bio. Deadline is 21 May 2016 for application to join the Summit including the week-long training program. Enrollment is free. For admitted participants from outside Hong Kong, we will provide on-campus accommodation (in twin rooms) and a limited amount of travel subsidies. If you wish to apply for travel subsidies, please use one sentence to indicate in your one-page letter (first page of the application PDF) that you have such financial need. Admission decisions will be announced in early June. Twitter hashtag #dm&sd For additional inquiries please contact Ms. Mandy Chan at the C-Centre. Email: c-centre(a)cuhk.edu.hk Telephone: +852 3943 7701 Web: http://c-centre.com.cuhk.edu.hk

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CfA from Hong Kong: digital methods & social development
by Jack Qiu 02 May '16

02 May '16

Dear all, See below if you are interested in joining us in Hong Kong from Aug 21-27, this summer. The application deadline is May 21, 2016. We welcome applicants from all fields and all countries, especially if you have some prior experience using digital methods and/or working with civil society organizations or social development agencies. Enrollment is free. For admitted applicants, there will be a limited number of travel subsidies and we will provide on-campus accommodation (twin rooms). Please feel free to spread the word. Thanks and best, Co-conveners: Jack Linchuan Qiu (CUHK) Richard Rogers (U of Amsterdam) ========= Call for Applications: The Inaugural CUHK Research Summit: Digital Methods & Social Development Time: 21 - 27 August 2016 Place: C-Centre (Centre for Chinese Media & Comparative Communication Research), School of Journalism and Communication, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong Map of Location: http://ow.ly/4nj3Wu Event flyer: http://ow.ly/4nja8y // About the Summit How can digital methods benefit not only academia but also society at large? How does one select, develop, and use the most appropriate digital research tools to tackle real-world issues in a week – such as an election, an environmental campaign, labor advocacy, and data challenges facing a social enterprise? How do the world’s leading scholars evaluate the state of digital methods globally? How do they think about the future directions of this burgeoning field beyond a Eurocentric Internet, beyond the norms of liberal democracies? >From 21-27 August 2016, the School of Journalism and Communication will host the Inaugural CUHK Research Summit on “Digital Methods & Social Development” at its C-Centre (Centre for Chinese Media & Comparative Communication Research, http://c-centre.com.cuhk.edu.hk/) The Summit builds on the format and pedagogical traditions of the Digital Methods Summer School established since 2007 at the University of Amsterdam (digitalmethods.net <file:///C:/Users/jackl/Dropbox/Public/_Digital%20Methods%202016/digitalmeth…>), while aspiring to extend it to reflect the social needs in Hong Kong, China, Asia, and the Global South. The planned activities will include (a) a high-level public event on August 21 consisting of keynote speeches and open discussions, and (b) a six-day training program during August 22-27 for advanced PhD students and early career researchers. We welcome applicants from Hong Kong, Asia, and other parts of the world. From this pool, we will select twenty trainees from diverse cultural, methodological & disciplinary backgrounds, to conduct group work with help from experienced trainers throughout the week. Speakers and trainers will come from around the world. The content to be covered include social media analysis, network analysis, data visualization, Big Data, and related research topics. Emphasis will be placed on innovative thinking, the mastery of research tools, the matching between analytical strategies and theoretical / practical questions posed by subject experts, especially in the contexts of Chinese- & Asian-language cyberspaces. // About the Chinese University of Hong Kong A leading research university with global reputation, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is advancing the frontiers of knowledge and technology during our digital age. CUHK excels in the preservation, creation, application, and dissemination of knowledge through teaching, research, and public service in a comprehensive range of disciplines, thereby serving the needs and enhancing the well-being of citizens in Hong Kong, China as a whole, and the wider world community. // About C-Centre of the School of Journalism and Communication A key hub of intellectual exchange, the C-Centre (the Centre for Chinese Media and Comparative Communication Research) contributes to the studies of media and communication by conducting frontline research in Greater China and facilitating comparative scholarship globally. // Keynote Speakers (for the August 21 public event) Michael Best (Director and Professor, Institute on Computing and Society, United Nations University) Wenhong Chen (Assistant Professor, Department of Radio-TV-Film, University of Texas at Austin) Melissa Gregg (Co-director, Intel Science and Technology Center for Social Computing) Isaac Mao (Director, Social Brain Foundation; Co-Founder, Berry Labs) Richard Rogers (Professor of New Media and Digital Culture, University of Amsterdam) // Training Program (from August 22-27) The participants will be divided into four groups, and each will focus on one project during a week-long training program led by professional trainers. The major aim of the projects is to analyze the digital data provided or requested by four social organizations with very different nature. The following is an initial description of each group’s project: 1) Environmental initiative – Participants will examine the Des Voeux Road Central Initiative (DVRC, http://www.dvrc.hk/) an on-going project of the Hong Kong Clean Air Network. The aim is to create a pedestrian and tram precinct in Hong Kong’s central business district, while promoting sustainable lifestyle and reducing air pollution. (2) Labor advocacy – This team will focus on the UNIQLO campaign launched by Students and Scholars against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM, http://sacom.hk/) a key NGO in Hong Kong engaging in international labor activism. Using a combination of social media channels to raise public awareness, the campaign targets the largest Japanese fast-fashion company whose subcontractors abused Chinese textile workers. (3) Social enterprise – Participants in this group will analyze music data provided by Aivvy (http://www.aivvy.com/) a tech startup that boasts the world’s first smart music technology platform. More than a consumer electronics company, Aivvy aims to foster social good by connecting less well-known musicians with potential listeners using innovative device and algorithms. (4) Politics and democracy – The 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Election will take place on September 4. Several of Hong Kong’s most experienced public opinion researchers will conduct a new project covering the election. This group of participants will study Facebook profiles of the candidates and citizens’ online discussion in ways that shall inform the election study from new, social media angles. Prior to joining the Summit, we will send learning materials (e.g., readings, videos, software) to admitted participants, who are supposed to go through the materials and start to get familiarized with the analytical tools and methodological issues. In the morning of Aug 22 Monday, we will hear presentations by experts from each of the four social organizations mentioned above with regard to the project context, major questions at stake, the most relevant data, and the research needs on the ground. Then for the following five days (August 22-27), participants need to work with trainers to decide on their analytical strategies, complete data analysis, and prepare for public presentation in the afternoon of Aug 27 Saturday. During the Saturday afternoon session, experts from the social organizations will be invited back to hear group presentations and provide assessments along with members of the general public. // Applications & Logistics Advanced PhD students and young faculty members in all disciplines are welcome to apply by emailing to Ms. Mandy Chan at the C-Centre ( c-centre(a)cuhk.edu.hk) a PDF file consisting of: (1) a one-page letter explaining how training on digital methods and social development would benefit your current work, (2) your CV, (3) a copy of your passport (details page only), (4) a headshot photo, and (5) a 100-word bio. Deadline is 21 May 2016 for application to join the Summit including the week-long training program. Enrollment is free. For admitted participants from outside Hong Kong, we will provide on-campus accommodation (in twin rooms) and a limited amount of travel subsidies. If you wish to apply for travel subsidies, please use one sentence to indicate in your one-page letter (first page of the application PDF) that you have such financial need. Admission decisions will be announced in early June. Twitter hashtag #dm&sd For additional inquiries please contact Ms. Mandy Chan at the C-Centre. Email: c-centre(a)cuhk.edu.hk Telephone: +852 3943 7701 Web: http://c-centre.com.cuhk.edu.hk On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 11:15 PM, Leticia Bode <lb871(a)georgetown.edu> wrote: > Apologies for cross-posting. Please see below for a call for papers for an > upcoming issue of Political Communication, guest edited by me and Emily K. > Vraga. This call should be of interest to many doing work in this area! > > Best, > ~Leticia > > > > *Call for papers* > > *Symposium in Political Communication* > > *Studying Politics Across Media* > > Guest editors: > > Leticia Bode (Georgetown University) > > Emily K Vraga (George Mason University) > > > > The work in political communication with an emphasis on digital > technologies, new media, and social media is growing rapidly. However, the > majority of this research is narrowly construed, typically focusing on a > single medium or platform at a time. Though this tendency has been > criticized, it shows little sign of disappearing. With this special issue, > we hope to jumpstart the field of Political Communication to focus on the > broader media environment and interactions between the use of multiple > media platforms. > > Theoretically, such an effort addresses important questions in political > communication. What are differences in the framing and effects of political > events across platforms? Do news and political stories spread the same way, > to the same people, in different places? What role do the audience and the > affordance of a medium play in this process? In short - how does political > communication happen in the complicated modern media environment? > > We see this manifesting in myriad ways. Scholars could approach this > theoretically, adapting a theory from one medium or platform to test its > utility across other media spaces, or comparing multiple platforms in terms > of audiences, structure, affordances, uses, or other attributes. Empirical > work could consider the influence of individuals’ use of several media > spaces on outcomes such as knowledge, information seeking, or > participation, or on candidates’ or campaigns’ use of diverse platforms to > target and persuade mass audiences. Work with an international focus is > strongly encouraged. > > This topic is of utmost importance, given the growing role that digital, > mobile, and social media platforms are playing in political communication, > and the parallel growing scholarly attention to this area. > > > > *Timeline* > > May, 2016: Call for papers published > > October 1, 2016: Deadline for full paper submissions. Use the online > submission system and follow the journal’s submission guidelines ( > > http://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=upcp20&page=… > ) > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/

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CFP: Studying Politics across Platforms
by Leticia Bode 01 May '16

01 May '16

Apologies for cross-posting. Please see below for a call for papers for an upcoming issue of Political Communication, guest edited by me and Emily K. Vraga. This call should be of interest to many doing work in this area! Best, ~Leticia *Call for papers* *Symposium in Political Communication* *Studying Politics Across Media* Guest editors: Leticia Bode (Georgetown University) Emily K Vraga (George Mason University) The work in political communication with an emphasis on digital technologies, new media, and social media is growing rapidly. However, the majority of this research is narrowly construed, typically focusing on a single medium or platform at a time. Though this tendency has been criticized, it shows little sign of disappearing. With this special issue, we hope to jumpstart the field of Political Communication to focus on the broader media environment and interactions between the use of multiple media platforms. Theoretically, such an effort addresses important questions in political communication. What are differences in the framing and effects of political events across platforms? Do news and political stories spread the same way, to the same people, in different places? What role do the audience and the affordance of a medium play in this process? In short - how does political communication happen in the complicated modern media environment? We see this manifesting in myriad ways. Scholars could approach this theoretically, adapting a theory from one medium or platform to test its utility across other media spaces, or comparing multiple platforms in terms of audiences, structure, affordances, uses, or other attributes. Empirical work could consider the influence of individuals’ use of several media spaces on outcomes such as knowledge, information seeking, or participation, or on candidates’ or campaigns’ use of diverse platforms to target and persuade mass audiences. Work with an international focus is strongly encouraged. This topic is of utmost importance, given the growing role that digital, mobile, and social media platforms are playing in political communication, and the parallel growing scholarly attention to this area. *Timeline* May, 2016: Call for papers published October 1, 2016: Deadline for full paper submissions. Use the online submission system and follow the journal’s submission guidelines ( http://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=upcp20&page=…)

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JoCI's New Issue
by Eduardo Villanueva 30 Apr '16

30 Apr '16

Just to share with you all that the Journal of Community Informatics has just published a new issue. Please visit at Vol. 12 No. 1 (2016) <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/issue/view/58> Table of Contents: Editorial Editorial: a legacy to cherish PDF <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1315/1176> Eduardo Villanueva-Mansilla Repurposing Post Offices as Community Innovation Hubs: Digital Inclusion, Equity and De-concentration <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1314> PDF <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1314/1177> Michael Gurstein, Ph.D. Articles ICT and Online Social Movements for Good Governance in Nigeria <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1187> PDF <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1187/1172> Usman Adekunle Ojedokun Government Public Access Centres (PACs): A beacon of hope for marginalised communities <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1228> PDF <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1228/1178> Corrie Uys, Shaun Pather 'Useful' civic hacking for environmental sustainability:knowledge transfer and the International Space Apps Challenge <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1124> PDF <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1124/1179> Sumen Rai, Mary Griffiths Community Mediation through ICTs: Seeking to Bridge Digital and Community Divides <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1110> PDF <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1110/1175> Arlene Bailey, Ojelanki Ngwenyama Mobile phones and reading for enjoyment: evidence of use and behaviour change <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1191> PDF <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1191/1174> Colin Tredoux, Johann Louw, Joha Louw-Potgieter Trajectories to community engagement: Understanding older people’s experiences of engagement with online and local communities <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1213> PDF <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1213/1180> David Andrew Harley, Kate Howland, Eric Charles Harris Essays: On Communities Cooperating community connections: A changing political reality <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1295> PDF <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1295/1181> Garth Graham Notes and cases from the field (practitioners) ENCITE: A model to help Voluntary Organisations use ICT effectively <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1211> PDF <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1211/1182> TJ McDonald Points of View Abuse Prevention of Street Camera Network by Browsing-History Disclosure <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1271> PDF <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1271/1183> Yusaku Fujii, Noriaki Yoshiura, Naoya Ohta, Akihiro Takita, Horoshi Ueda, Koichi Maru Mediated communication and mediated communities in the information age <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1021> PDF <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1021/1184> Gábor Szécsi

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Media Archaeology summer school, Uni of Pisa, July 4-8
by Parisi, David P 29 Apr '16

29 Apr '16

Hi everyone, Thought this might be of interest to some on the AIR-L, especially those of you working on (or have students working on) media history. Details below. Thanks for looking, David Media Archaeology summer school University of Pisa July 4-8 350 € (300 € for registration by May 2) Includes course materials, lunches, and coffee breaks Program description: Rather than a discipline, Media Archaeology may be seen as a perspective which addresses different practices and methodological approaches. Media culture – including the culture of the so-called “new media” – is investigated as a product of stratification of different social and historical processes. The aim of the Summer school is double: on one hand to draw a map of contemporary Media Archaeology; on the other hand, to discuss about open fields of research from the perspective of Media Archaeology. The course will be held by European and North American experts from different disciplines who will illustrate the complexity and potentialities of this perspective. Faculty staff includes: James Hay (University of Illinois, Vincenzo Mele (University of Pisa), David Parisi (College of Charleston), Jeremy Packer (University of Toronto), Jussi Parikka (University of Southampton), Wanda Strauven (University of Amsterdam). For further details, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/Summer-School-Media-Archaeology-Pisa-Italy-2057268…<redir.aspx?REF=p5cCN6glw4rBZzF8ztdGGqeUng2J9U5oerxuUBz_aK09Fdn6P3DTCAFodHRwczovL293YS5jb2ZjLmVkdS9vd2EvcmVkaXIuYXNweD9SRUY9RjdBUG1mTm1JVkhjN2Vza0dKb0VKQS1VdkdmZ3pRcjZ5U2RCY2ZVY09CcUtjUGxxdFdfVENBRm9kSFJ3Y3pvdkwyOTNZUzVqYjJaakxtVmtkUzl2ZDJFdlZYSnNRbXh2WTJ0bFpFVnljbTl5TG1GemNIZy4.> http://mediarchaeology.hosting.unipi.it/<redir.aspx?REF=nR5p2SXJ2rt8xEF45F9e-HHcaXwoYYIIV3KEWSvI7BGYdtv6P3DTCAFodHRwczovL293YS5jb2ZjLmVkdS9vd2EvcmVkaXIuYXNweD9SRUY9RjdBUG1mTm1JVkhjN2Vza0dKb0VKQS1VdkdmZ3pRcjZ5U2RCY2ZVY09CcUtjUGxxdFdfVENBRm9kSFJ3Y3pvdkwyOTNZUzVqYjJaakxtVmtkUzl2ZDJFdlZYSnNRbXh2WTJ0bFpFVnljbTl5TG1GemNIZy4.> For questions, please contact program coordinator Anita Paolicchi (ssma.pisa(a)gmail.com<mailto:ssma.pisa@gmail.com>). === David Parisi, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Communication Faculty Affiliate, Computer Science Department College of Charleston parisid(a)cofc.edu<redir.aspx?REF=pBhGlLutLXtiITUcM5bEOatrBsC61490YILcxZou-XKYdtv6P3DTCAFtYWlsdG86cGFyaXNpZEBjb2ZjLmVkdQ..> http://communication.cofc.edu/about/faculty-staff-listing/parisi-david.php<redir.aspx?REF=BLJ-Jq6Lvwbwzdzc6s07kAJ3EnpA3VLBp-BnX_fvgimYdtv6P3DTCAFodHRwOi8vY29tbXVuaWNhdGlvbi5jb2ZjLmVkdS9hYm91dC9mYWN1bHR5LXN0YWZmLWxpc3RpbmcvcGFyaXNpLWRhdmlkLnBocA..> Twitter: @Dave_Parisi<redir.aspx?REF=J_JtsQgOHC1XsSv7iWjnQy3gpc5cXqk5fh5Nk-N46RiYdtv6P3DTCAFodHRwczovL3R3aXR0ZXIuY29tL0RhdmVfUGFyaXNp>

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Collect Facebook Hashtags
by Patricia Rossini 29 Apr '16

29 Apr '16

Hi folks, does anyone know if there’s a way to collect messages on Facebook that use a specific hashtag? Thank you. Patricia Rossini Ph.D Student | Department of Social Communication Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil Associated researcher at the Media and Public Sphere research group (EME/UFMG) patriciarossini(a)ufmg.br +Academia.edu <http://ufmg.academia.edu/Patr%C3%ADciaRossini>

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New Book Series Announcement
by DAL JIN 29 Apr '16

29 Apr '16

Dear AOIR members, Routledge and I have agreed to launch a new book series (Routledge Research in Digital Media and Culture in Asia) since April 2016. This will be of interest to some of you. ROUTLEDGE RESEARCH IN DIGITAL MEDIA AND CULTURE IN ASIA Editor Dal Yong Jin, Associate Professor at Simon Fraser University Since the late 1990s, Asia has emerged as one of the major centers for the production of digital media and transnational popular culture. While the influence of Western culture and technologies has continued in the global markets, the Asian cultural and digital industries have developed many of their digital technologies, such as social networking sites, instant mobile messengers, smartphones and relevant applications. Asian cultural industries have also created media/cultural products, such as television programs, films, music, and digital games, and expanded the export of these products to the global markets. Consequently, Asian digital technologies and popular culture consisting of non-Western based digital media and cultural forms have rapidly become a global sensation wherein Western audiences as well as Asian users enjoy several local cultural forms, including popular music and television programs, as well as digital technologies. This new book series critically, culturally, and historically contextualizes the nascent development of Asian popular culture and digital technologies. The books in this series emphasize that digital technologies and culture are fundamentally altering the ways in which we communicate. The series examines questions about the impact of digital media and society in all its facets, including economics, culture and politics. As its detailed major goals, this book series investigates Asian media, popular culture and digital technologies, encompassing all major cultural sectors, from television programs to online games, and from pop music to smartphones, as well as digital technologies and social media, through the use of consistent theoretical and methodological frameworks. In particular, the books in this series explore media convergence between digital technologies and content to analyze the emergence of cutting-edge digital culture, such as webtoons, mobile novels, and mobile games. The books in the series mostly determine the possibility of the advancement of non-Western theories and new theoretical perspectives in the midst of the continuation of Western dominance. In other words, with the growth of local popular culture and digital technologies, the books explore whether non-Western perspectives challenge central assumptions and arguments developed by Western perspectives. They may discuss the integration of Western and non-Western perspectives in media and area studies, the uses of theories of global comparative research, the relevance of non-Western theories and models, and successful and failed efforts at theoretical cross-pollination. We hope to secure the book series as the platform of choice for the best scholarship within the field. While our primary emphasis will be upon single/joint-authored books, we will consider edited collections where the book is brought together by editors in ways that result in a coherent work that is both innovative and more than the sum of the individual chapters. The topic areas listed below are illustrative only.  Asian Video Games  Digital Storytelling Asia: convergence of popular culture and the smartphone  Political Economy of the Asian App Economy in the Digital Platform Era  Asian Cinema  New Media and Asian Society  Asian Mobile Communication, Culture and Society  Transnationality and Digital Migration  Platform Technologies and Transformation of Asian Youth Culture  Digital Asia  Cyber Security, Intellectual Property, and Digital Labor in Asia  Asian ICT Industry and Policy  History of Asian Digital Media  Asian Youth and Media  Asian Soft Power  Construction of Pan-Asian Culture  Regional Co-production in Cultural Industries  South Asian Digital Media and Popular Culture  Korean Pop Music  Comparison Studies of Korean and Japanese Popular Culture Please contact me if you have any questions and relevant projects you want to submit to this book series Dal Yong Jin (djin(a)sfu.ca) School of Communication, Simon Fraser University

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Re: [Air-L] Call to participate in the next WORLD SOCIAL FORUM, August 9-14, in Montreal
by Becky Lentz 28 Apr '16

28 Apr '16

World Social Forum 2016 in Montreal (Canada): Call for mobilization to social and citizens¹ movements > > > We invite social movements from around the world to make the next World Social > Forum (WSF) a meeting essential for sharing our mobilizations and our > resistance and for strengthening our struggles. We want the WSF in Montreal to > be not only a place for sharing broad guidelines, but also to be a space that > allows social movements to put forward political responses that can change the > course of history. > > For the first time the WSF 2016 will be held in a northern country, in Canada, > and in a new political context. In the October 2015 elections, Canadians voted > the conservative government out of power ending ten years of ultra-neoliberal > economic policies based on predatory extractivism and a deep social > conservatism. > > The struggle against Tar Sands and oil pipelines in Canada, the mobilizations > of indigenous peoples for their rights and the strength of social movements > all contributed to this political change and was one of the reasons for the > decision to hold the WSF in Montreal. > > The struggles have been ongoing since the Quebec student strikes in 2012. > These include the opposition movement to austerity policies, the fight to > defend the environment and the historic mobilization of the trade union > movement as part of negotiations in the public sector. This shows that in > North America, Quebec is an important territory of resistance to neoliberalism > and a place where initiatives to build collective alternatives to the dominant > system multiply (peasant and ecological agriculture, urban agriculture, social > and solidarity economy, multi-sectoral coalitions and many other civic > actions). > > Another world is necessary, together we make it possible! > > The existing capitalist model dominated by increasingly aggressive neoliberal > elites, has widened the gap between the 99% of the world¹s population and the > richest 1% throwing the planet into an unprecedented social crisis. Austerity > and structural adjustment policies have been imposed across the majority of > countries while corruption continues unabated. > > Nations are subject to restrictive economic policies that make victims of all > of us, and especially of society¹s most vulnerable members; women, youth, the > disabled, the elderly and communities that are discriminated against because > of their race or ethnicity. The unravelling of the social fabric continues and > public services disappear under the transnationals¹ insatiable appetite for > privatization. > > The corporate dominated economic system based on overproduction and > overconsumption is directly responsible for climate changes that threaten the > integrity of ecosystems and the survival of humanity. 2015 was a year marked > by the Paris agreement on climate change and by the adoption of new > sustainable development goals (SDGs) at the United Nations. These agreements > rather than being bold and confronting the crisis, reflect instead the failure > of political elites¹ will to act. > > Social inequality is growing and the horizon of global warming greater than > two degrees celsius foreshadows a dramatic disruption of the climate for the > most vulnerable populations across the world. > > The constant wars and migrations of populations are the symptoms of a profound > crisis of the system that feeds isolationism, hatred, xenophobia and racism, > and tramples on human dignity and democracy. > > Over the past fifteen years, Social Forums have developed significantly. They > have been held on various continents and have dealt with concrete issues > affecting people. Social Forums have mobilized hundreds of thousands around > the world and demonstrated that alternatives exist, and that action is > required. > > As part of large mobilizations against free trade agreements, against the > World Trade Organization, against the G7 and against the Davos World Economic > Forum, social and citizens¹ movements have come together to proclaim that > another world is not only possible, but that it also urgently needed. > > This first WSF in the North continues this collective commitment. It presents > unique challenges from the point of view of the participation and mobilization > of social movements. However, it offers the opportunity to take action and to > continue building a global convergence of struggles for a world of social and > climate justice. > > We invite social movements and civil society from across the world to gather > in Montreal from the 9th to the 14th of August 2016 to proclaim that we are > that other possible world! > > > World Social Forum 2016 | Another world is needed. Together, it is possible! > <https://www.ussocialforum.net/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=34… > 4&qid=1350199> > > > * If your organization / collective wants to sign the call for mobilization to > social movements and citizens, contact communications(a)fsm2016.org > > Foro Social Mundial 2016 en Montreal (Canadá) : Llamado a la movilización de > los movimientos sociales y ciudadanos > > > -------- > > Foro Social Mundial 2016 en Montreal (Canadá) : Llamado a la movilización de > los movimientos sociales y ciudadanos > > Con este llamado, invitamos a los movimientos sociales y ciudadanos del mundo > a hacer del próximo Foro Social Mundial (FSM) un encuentro esencial para > compartir nuestras movilizaciones, nuestras resistencias y para fortalecer > nuestras luchas. Queremos que el FSM de Montreal no solamente sea la > oportunidad de intercambiar sobre grandes orientaciones sino que también pueda > permitir a los movimientos sociales ofrecer respuestas políticas para cambiar > el rumbo de la Historia. > > El FSM se realizará por primera vez en un país del Norte, en Canadá, y en un > contexto político nuevo. De hecho, desde las elecciones de octubre 2015, los > Canadienses sacaron al gobierno conservador del poder y acabaron con sus 10 > años de política económica ultra liberal basada en un extractivismo depredador > y un gran conservadurismo social. > > La lucha contra las arenas bituminosas y los oleoductos en Canadá, la > movilización por los derechos de los pueblos indígenas y la fuerza de los > movimientos sociales, contribuyeron a generar ese cambio político y fueron uno > de los motivos para la decisión de organizar el FSM en Montreal. > > Desde la movilización estudiantil del 2012, en la provincia de Quebec, las > luchas siguen. Entre ellas, las acciones de los movimientos en defensa del > medio ambiente y la movilización histórica del movimiento sindical, en el > marco de las negociaciones del sector público. > > Lo que demuestra que en América del Norte, Quebec es un lugar importante de > resistencia al neoliberalismo y un lugar donde se multiplican las iniciativas > para construir alternativas colectivas al sistema dominante (agricultura > campesina y ecológica, agricultura urbana, economía social y solidaria, > coaliciones multisectoriales y otras tantas acciones ciudadanas). > > Otro mundo es necesario, juntos/as lo hacemos posible! > > El modelo capitalista actual, dominado por una élite neoliberal cada día más > agresiva, amplió la brecha entre el 99% de la humanidad y el 1% más rico de la > población, llevando al mundo entero a una crisis social sin precedentes. Las > políticas de austeridad y de ajuste estructural fueron impuestas en la mayoría > de los países mientras que la corrupción perdura. > > Las poblaciones están sometidas a medidas económicas restrictivas de las > cuales todos somos victimas, sobre todo las personas más vulnerables de la > sociedad como las mujeres, los jóvenes, los discapacitados, los ancianos y los > grupos discriminados por su raza. El tejido social se está deshaciendo y los > servicios públicos desaparecen bajo el apetito insaciable de las > multinacionales que desean la privatización de estos servicios. > > Este sistema económico corporativo, basado en un modelo de producción > desenfrenada y de consumismo, es directamente responsable de los cambios > climáticos que amenazan la integridad de los ecosistemas y la sobrevivencia de > las poblaciones. El 2015 fue un año marcado por el Acuerdo de París sobre el > cambio climático y por la adopción de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible > (ODS) en la ONU. Estos acuerdos debían ser audaces para enfrentar la crisis > pero manifiestan al contrario que la élite política no tiene voluntad de > actuar. > > Las desigualdades sociales se multiplican y el anuncio de un calentamiento de > más de dos grados Celsius presagia un desajuste dramático del clima para las > poblaciones más vulnerables del mundo. > > Las guerras y las migraciones de poblaciones son los síntomas de una crisis > profunda que alimentan el aislamiento y el odio, la xenofobia y el racismo, > pisoteando la dignidad humana y la democracia. > > Los foros sociales conocieron un desarrollo importante estos últimos quince > años. Se realizaron en diferentes continentes y trataron problemas concretos > que afectan a las poblaciones. Así, movilizaron a cientos de miles de personas > en todas partes del planeta y demostraron que existen alternativas y que hay > que actuar. > > Impulsados por las grandes movilizaciones contra los acuerdos de libre > comercio, contra la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC), contra el G7 y el > Foro Económico Mundial de Davos, los movimientos sociales, las ciudadanas y > los ciudadanos, se juntaron para afirmar que Otro Mundo no sólo es Posible, > sino Necesario y Urgente. > > Este primer FSM del Norte sigue con este compromiso colectivo. Presenta > desafíos singulares desde el punto de vista de la participación y de la > movilización de los movimientos sociales. Sin embargo, el FSM es una > oportunidad para la acción y para seguir construyendo una convergencia mundial > de las luchas por un mundo de justicia social y climática. > > INVITAMOS A TODOS LOS MOVIMIENTOS SOCIALES Y CIUDADANOS, DE TODOS ORÍGENES, A > ENCONTRARSE EN MONTREAL ENTRE EL 9 Y EL 14 DE AGOSTO DE 2016 PARA AFIRMAR QUE > ¡SOMOS ESE OTRO MUNDO POSIBLE! > > Foro Social Mundial 2016 | Otro mundo es necesario, juntos es posible! > <https://www.ussocialforum.net/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=34… > 5&qid=1350199> > > *Si su organización/colectivo desea firmar el llamado a la movilización de los > movimientos sociales y ciudadanos, en contacto con communications(a)fsm2016.org > >

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REMINDER: CfP - conference: Fomenting political Violence - Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, Essex University, 9-10 Sept. 2016
by Steffen Krueger 28 Apr '16

28 Apr '16

Dear colleagues, here a reminder of our Call for Papers! All best, Steffen Krueger *Fomenting political violence – Phantasy, Language, Media, Action.* A two-day international conference at the *Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, * *University of Essex*, UK, September 9 – 10 2016, in co-operation with * Bournemouth University* and the *University of Oslo* (UiO), Norway. Steffen Krueger, postdoc and lecturer, Dept. of Media and Communication, University of Oslo Karl Figlio, Professor Emeritus, Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex. Barry Richards, Professor of Political Psychology, Bournemouth University. This two-day conference invites researchers from a wide range of disciplines to address the relationship between phantasy, language, media and action. Do language and phantasy feed into one another, especially in the contemporary mediascape, fostering an extremist mentality that foments violent political action? And, if so, how can we understand the relationship between action on the one side, and phantasy and language in their specific forms of mediation on the other? Although it is difficult to establish causal links between, for example, racist slurs and racist violence, we can nevertheless observe how increases in ethnocentric, xenophobic and fundamentalist speech in online forums and on social networking sites go together with increases in right-extremist criminal acts, as is presently the case in Germany. Various traditions of research into prejudice, extremism, violence and the media have taken different routes in conceptualising the links between the above concepts. Discourse analysis, for example, has pointed to the subtle ways in which language use can help make symbolic violence permissible. Social psychology, and especially the social identity tradition, has shown how typical tendencies in group dynamics suggest certain fault lines for larger-scale political behaviour. Media effect studies, in turn, have suggested a string of concepts based on social-psychological work, such as “uses-and-gratifications”, the “spiral of silence”, “agenda setting”, and “frame theory”, which can be instrumental in conceiving how people’s construction of reality, facilitated by media, might lead to widely held dispositions for the legitimation of socio-political action and/or the restraining and containing of such action. Although there is a substantial psychoanalytic literature on prejudice, ethnic and religious hatred, and fundamentalism, there is little on the process of fomenting violence, which moves from phantasy through language into action. With a view to intervening in and advancing the above traditions, the conference invites papers inquiring into how psychoanalysis can help understand the build-up to eruptions of violence. How can conceptions of sociality, relationality, divisiveness, exclusion and affect, developed in various psychoanalytic traditions, shed light on the often invisible ties that link what we do to what we feel, imagine, hear, see, read or say – or to an atmosphere of extremism? Can psychoanalysis contribute to deliberations around policy and practice in relation to freedom of speech, ‘hate speech’ and media regulation, as well as foster a sensitivity to implied prejudice in everyday encounters? The attempt to gain a more rounded, situated and dialectical way to understand these phenomena suggests ‘scenic’ methodology, for which the work of Alfred Lorenzer – a psychoanalytic-social theorist not well known in the English-speaking world – is central. We plan to reserve one session to explore his work, but we invite you imaginatively to address the full range of issues relevant to the topic of the conference. We encourage an open, exploratory manner and look forward to engaging discussions. *Keynote speakers*: - Vera King (Frankfurt): *"Fighting for something great ..." - * Intergenerational Constellations and Functions of Self-Culturalization for Adolescents in Migrant Families. - Barry Richards (Bournemouth): *"A most brutal and implacable superego"*. *Indicative **fields of research include*: - Psychodynamics and social dynamics of political violence, and their enmeshment / co-constitution. - Spaces, scopes and fields of action. - Gendered forms / gender dynamics. - Media discourses / media performances. - (Symbolic) interactions. - Internal and external worlds. - Freedom of expression vs blasphemy and prejudice. - -isms, -phobias and psychopathologies. - Methodological and/or theoretical reflections. - Researching across cultures. - Historical studies. - Humiliation and violence. - Violence and purification. - Bystanders and collusion with political violence. - Psychotic realities: Paranoia and delusions of threat. - Hate speech and hate actions. If you would like to offer a paper to the conference, relating to the above fields or to other aspects of the overall conference theme, please send an abstract of 300-400 words to: *cpsfv(a)essex.ac.uk <cpsfv(a)essex.ac.uk>* Deadline for abstract submission: May 15, 2016. (Delegates are informed about the inclusion of their papers within two weeks from the deadline.) Conference fee is £150 (£100 for students and unemployed). Affordable accommodation is available on campus. If you have questions regarding the conference or call for papers, please write to: steffen.krueger(a)media.uio.no. *Booking your place at the conference: * *http://www.essex.ac.uk/online_shop/cps/events.aspx* <http://www.essex.ac.uk/online_shop/cps/events.aspx> *Book your on campus accommodation here: **https://kx.essex.ac.uk/BnB/* <https://kx.essex.ac.uk/BnB/> *Promotional code: CPS2016* -- Steffen Krüger, PhD lecturer and postdoctoral researcher Dept. of Media and Communication University of Oslo Forskningsparken II Gaustadalléen 21 0349 OSLO Norway skype: steff.krueger mob. 0047 4580 6466

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international harassment campaigns or bullying campaigns
by Caroline Sinders 27 Apr '16

27 Apr '16

hey all! i'm starting a new research project, and i was wondering if anyone knew of any non US based harassment campaigns, activism campaigns, etc that took place on Facebook, and then Facebook + other platforms? I remember seeing this one a while ago- http://jezebel.com/5976307/awesome-indian-men-don-skirts-to-protest-rape-cu… but was wondering if any one had some more suggestions/examples I could dive into? Best, Caroline -- Caroline Sinders interaction designer, researcher, artist caroline-sinders.squarespace.com 713-203-0116

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